Hillary’s Bosnian sniper confusion
Hillary has “misspoke” 4 times claiming that when she went to Bosnia as the first lady she had to run from the tarmac under fear of sniper fire. This has been disproved by a CBS News who accompanied her on the trip. Clinton claims that on the most recent occasion that she misspoke due to “sleep deprivation” though she has yet to offer an explanation for the other three.
Kos has this to say:
If Hillary Clinton lied about snipers in Bosnia because of sleep deprivation (doubtful, given it’s a lie she’s said at least four times), then what will she do when she gets that call at 3 a.m.? Remember, she’s clothed and wearing makeup at that hour, so chances are, she’s not getting much sleep — kos
I think all in all that this issue is rather minor, unless more evidence of Senator Clinton overstating her credentials comes to light.
I am disgusted that in an attempt to turn the attention from her to Senator Obama that she feels the need to dredge up the Pastor Wright controversy once again. John McCain is smart enough not to comment on the incident, and Mike Huckabee has even come to Barack’s defense.
This is all just more evidence that the Clinton campaign realizes the only way they get the nomination is by destroying Obama.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:12 am
When I saw this story on the news, I would have to say I wasn’t really shocked. I’m not really a fan of Hillary Clinton, and when I see the way her campaign is going I really don’t think that that her presidency would go any better. Her campaign is focused on, as you pointed out, bashing Obama. I think that someone who handles their campaign that way should not be put in the oval office. If she doesn’t have enough tact to run a clean campaign, what kind of tact will she have as the leading political figure in the US?
March 31st, 2008 at 11:36 am
I have to disagree with you that this is a minor issue. One of the biggest complaints made by those who dislike President Bush is a pattern of dishonesty among the Administration. Senator Clinton herself has made the accusations of the President and his staff providing false information to the public and the media.
With that in mind, for her to make that statement FOUR times says to me that she was deliberately being deceptive with her words. If it was only once you might be able to attribute it to misspeaking but I saw the comments and it wasn’t a quick one liner.
I’m not a fan of either Obama or Hillary but I can’t really think a President who would tell a story that can be easily disproven by the media is a good choice for us. I especially can’t see those who deride President Bush saying it’s only minor when someone from the opposing party does the same thing. (Not referring to you…that was just in general.)